The journals which Nicola Olyslagers scribbles in feverishly at trackside are considered such sporting tablets of stone that one of them's already a treasure in the Museum of World Athletics.
More than just a detailed technical training tool for one of Australia's all-time great athletes, featuring her feedback on every jump, these tomes also act as her inspiration, full of her innermost feelings about her place in the high jumping universe.
So when she smiles to AAP she's been thinking about a new journal entry, featuring her reflections on the possibility of competing in Australia's Olympics six years hence and enjoying a "Hollywood" ending to her career at age 35, she has our full attention.
